asp.net - the element 'buildProviders' cannot be defined below the application level

Question

I have created an asp.net C# application developed in visual studio 2010, which is running without any error on my PC, but when i tried to run the same application on another computer with visual studio 2010, it gives following error,

The element 'buildProviders' cannot be defined below the application level.

Answer 1

Following article at http://forums.iis.net/t/1160248.aspx?The+element+buildProviders+cannot+be+defined+below+the+application+level+

You probably need to convert the virtual directory to application. I encountered this when deploying my app (using NancyFX).

You can open IIS Manager->Right-click the diretory of your web application->Click Convert to Application.